GippSport & Sportslink Gippsland - Getting Gippsland Active

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New Arrivals Soccer Night

Last week a soccer night was held at Latrobe City Sports ground for New Arrivals in the area.

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A Day on the Green

In a joint project between the Gippsland East Local Learning and Employment Network (GELLEN) and GippSport, students from Lakes Entrance Secondary College and their mentors, were able to participate in a come and try session at Lakes Entrance Bowling Club. Thanks to the generosity of volunteers at the club everyone was treated to tuition in the fine art of bowling.

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Bairnsdale Office on the Move

GippSport’s Bairnsdale office is re-locating to Bairnsdale City Oval on Friday the 5th December.

Our new Bairnsdale phone number is 5152 6559.

James and Kylie will be available by appointment to assist clubs and organizations in getting East Gippslan

Opportunities For GippSport!

The recent report by the Australian Government Independent Sport Panel 'The Future of Sport in Australia' (The Crawford Report) provides a number of recommendations in relation to the Australian Sporting System.

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Victoria Walks Launched

Victoria Walks was launched last month. Our vision is for a vibrant, supportive and strong neighbourhoods where people can and do choose to walk wherever possible.

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International Day for People with a Disability

December 3 is International Day of People with a Disability. It is a day that we celebrate the many achivements of people with a disability.

Wheel Chair Sports Victoria in partnership with the Wellington and East Gippsland Shire councils and GippSport have bought the Wheeltalk program to Gippsland.

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Gippsland Specialist Schools Come Together for a Hit

Specialist Schools from all of Gippsland came together in Sale for a hit of cricket. The event was put together by Rob Wood from Cricket Victoria. It was an activity that involved girls and boys of secondary school age.

Despite near cyclonic conditions on the day the quality of cricket was extremely high and all of the participants had a fantastic time.

Tennis for Players with a Disability Finishes 2009 on a High

Tennis for people with a disability has finished for 2009 but not before all of the players received a trophy for the excellent effort they put in for the season.

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Arm Chair Exercises with Brianna

We hope that you're ready for some more arm chair exercises. You may remember from our Getting Gippsland Active November Newsletter, Brianna takes gentle exercise classes for older adults and has agreed to share these with our readers.

GippSport recommends that you consult your doctor before commencing Brianna's exercise regime.

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Gippsland's Victorian Government 2009 Sport and Recreation Awards Winners and Finalists

GippSport would like to congratulate the Baw Baw Shire (Winner of Sport and Recreation Research Award), Janet Parker from Drouin (Finalist for Access for All Award) and Twin City Archers Gippsland (Finalist for Outstanding Club Award)

for featuring so well in the 2009 Awards.

The awards were presented at a function held at the MCG on 23 November 2009.

Baw Baw Shire Council, Winner of the Sport and Recreation Research Award

The Baw Baw Shire Council's freeswim program was introduced to promote the health of the community and increase the use of the pools. More...

Twin City Archers Gippsland, Finalist in the Outstanding Club Award.

Twin City Archers Gippsland has been part of the local community for nearly 30 years, but really made its mark in sport over the past six years. More...

Janet Parker, finalist for the Access for All Award

Janet Parker is a passionate netballer who, over the past six years, has been responsible for brining netball to people who would not otherwise play the sport.

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